First off, I apologize to my friends and roleplay partners who've been left hanging. Any desire to cancel old threads is completely understandable.

I've been struggling with a serious health issue the past several months. There was a long period where things would seem to improve only to relapse, delaying things further. All that aside, just wanted to let people know I'm around again and to contact me via PM or Trillian - ironsoldier, if anyone wants to get things going again.

Asami's theme, Momentary Life, began to play as the arena went dark. A single spotlight roamed the darkness until it settled on Asami. The agile self proclaimed ninja ran down the ramp as the crowd cheered. Cat quick and just as balanced, she leaped onto the ring apron, then onto the top turnbuckle arms crossed as she posed briefly. As her theme ended, the lights came back on and Asami hopped down into the ring, giving a brief wave to the crowd as she awaited her opponent.

Soon after Asami appeared in the ring, her opponent, the powerful looking Russian woman Natasha would appear in the entrance. She stood there a moment, posing with one hand behind her head, the other cocked on her hip. She stood there for a moment and smiled to the crowd, then continued her way down to the ring, making her way up the stairs and through the ropes, going to stand before Asami and giving the crowd another wave. She was focused on this match, having come out of a fairly rough career the past year or so, and hoped to do well in this first match, to make a good first impression and all.

She extended her hand to Asami and gave her a small smile, looking her over to size her up, and deciding she would be a worthy first opponent for her debut.

Asami looked up at the taller Natasha as she shook her hand. Then she signaled for the microphone."Well, well my first Russian." she said. "Nice to meet you. Welcome to the league, but don't think I'll take it easy just because you're new here..." Even though her voice sounded serious she gave Natasha a wink as she tossed the Russian the mic so she could reply.

Asami smiled as the ref took the mic and slid it out of the ring. As the bell rang, Asami surged forward, looking to baseball slide in between the bigger Russian girl's legs. As goes under she'll reach out grabbing Natasha's ankles and pulling, looking to send her to the mat chest and face first.

As expected from a larger woman, Natasha was a bit slow to start, and as Asami ran forward, she went to grab for her, only to miss and be caught by the ankles, slammed right down onto the mat facefirst. However, she reacted fairly quick, giving her legs a jerk to get Asami to let go, if she still held them, then rolled onto her back to try and kick the ninja away from her.

Asami grunted as Natasha yanked her legs free and was forced to back away from the Russian. The Japanese woman rolled to her feet, running away from Natasha and bouncing off the ropes. If Natasha is standing, she'll try a cross body splash, if she's still on the mat, a baseball slide at the Russian's body.

Natasha was back on her feet by the time Asami came bouncing back at her, and a grin crossed her face, quickly bracing herself as Asami jumped up for the splash. She would go to catch the smaller girl with her strong arms, using her own momentum to whirl around a bit and powerslam her right back down to the mat.

"Hey whaaaahhh!" Asami cried as she was slammed onto the mat. She knew Natasha was strong, but able to catch and slam her on the fly was something the ninja didn't expect. She arched her back, her breasts straining against the front of her outfit as she did so.

Natasha then grabbed a tight handful of Asami's hair, starting to get back up and pull her with her. As the two rose, she threw several strong punches into the girl's stomach to try and weaken her more, then once they were both on their feet, she grabbed her arm and flung her straight at the ropes, waiting for her to rebound again towards her.